Exploring Heat as Interactive Expressions for Knitted Structures
2011 (English)In: Nordic Design Research Conferences, Making Design Matter Proceedings of Nordes 2011. Nordic Design Research Conference 2011, Helsinki, Finland, 2011Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
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Abstract [en]
This paper describes a practice-based research project in which design experiments were conducted to explore how knitted structures can be designed with particular emphasis on various interactive heat expressions. Several heat transformable structures, able to both sense and react to human touch, were developed in the textile collection Knitted Heat. The designed textiles serve as references to reflect further on the role of interactive textiles as materials for potential designs. Specific scenarios defined by shrinking, breaking, stiffening, texturizing and warming expressed by the textile transformations exemplify and discuss their potential as complementary for other design processes.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2011.
Keywords [en]
interactive textiles architecture, knitting, heat changing patterns, design methods, design tools, smart textiles, interaction design, smart textiles, interaction design
National Category
Other Humanities Engineering and Technology
Research subject
Textiles and Fashion (General)
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-6753Local ID: 2320/10222OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-6753DiVA, id: diva2:887455
Conference
Nordic Design Research Conference 2011, Helsinki, Finland, 2011
2015-12-222015-12-222017-02-16Bibliographically approved